Postdoctoral Research Fellow in clinical pharmacy

About the position

We invite applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow position, available at the Department of Pharmacy. 

Starting date no later than October 1, 2026.

The appointment is a fulltime position and is for a period of three years (10% of which is devoted to other career promoting work, usually in the form of teaching activities). Alternatively, the position can be combined with a relevant position, for example at a primary pharmacy or within clinical pharmacy, either as a 75% or a 50% postdoctoral fellowship combined with the external position. The postdoctoral period will be prolonged accordingly. 

No one can be appointed for more than one Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the University of Oslo.

The place of work is the Department of Pharmacy, the Life Science building at the University of Oslo.

Project description

The position belongs to the research group for clinical pharmacy, and is funded by the Norwegian Pharmacy Foundation. The main focus of ’the research group’s work is the optimization of the medication use of the individual, patient living with multiple long-term conditions. This also applies to the planned project. The postdoctoral project will contribute to the larger, established project CIRCLE (“Co-design of a seamless person-centered intervention to optimise medication use across healthcare levels.”). Through the CIRCLE project we aim to design a new and effective patient centered intervention. More specifically, we aim to improve information about medications at transfer of care and strengthen the patient’s self-management of medications after hospital discharge. Using the innovation method “design thinking” we have developed a prototype for the new intervention, which we have further improved through testing with a group of hospitalised patients and some stakeholder groups. The person to fill this postdoctoral position will have the day-to-day responsibility of leading the continued testing of our prototype in additional situations and with further stakeholders, in particular with patients filling their prescriptions at pharmacies and pharmacy staff. Subsequently a more final, digital prototype will be developed, which will then be tested in a randomised, controlled pilot study, planned and led by the postdoctoral candidate. The candidate will also be involved in the supervision of master's students and PhD-students recruited to the project. 

Important collaborating partners are the UiO Growth House, the Department of Pharmacy Uppsala University, the Norwegian Pharmacy Association, Oslo University Hospital, the Hospital Pharmacies Enterprise in South-Eastern Norway and the Medicines Optimization Innovation Centre, Nord-Irland.

The main purpose of a postdoctoral fellowship is to provide the candidates with enhanced skills to pursue a scientific top position within or beyond academia. To promote a strategic career path, all postdoctoral research fellows are required to submit a professional development plan no later than one month after commencement of the postdoctoral period.

What skills are important in this role?

The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences has a strategic ambition to be among Europe’s leading communities for research, education and innovation. Candidates for these fellowships will be selected in accordance with this, and expected to be in the upper segment of their class with respect to academic credentials.

Required qualifications:

• Applicants must hold a degree equivalent to a Norwegian doctoral degree in clinical or social pharmacy, or similar degrees related to clinical work. Doctoral dissertation must be submitted for evaluation by the closing date. Only applicants with an approved doctoral thesis and public defence are eligible for appointment
• Fluent oral and written communication skills in English

Desired qualifications:

• Extended experience with working within the European healthcare setting, for example within clinical or hospital pharmacy, or interprofessional collaboration
• Experience with design thinking in research related to health care delivery, digital health systems, and/or transfer of care
• Good oral and written communication in Norwegian or another Scandinavian language is an advantage
• Experience in supervision of bachelor, master’s and PhD students

All candidates and projects will have to undergo a check versus national export, sanctions and security regulations. Candidates may be excluded based on these checks. Primary checkpoints are the Export Control regulation, the Sanctions regulation, and the national security regulation.

What are we looking for in you?

Personal skills:

• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
• Ability to work precise in a structured manner and swiftly adapts to new tasks
• Good communication and collaboration skills
• Positive attitude and the ability to handle hectic periods

Employment in the position is based on a comprehensive assessment of all qualification requirements applicable to the position, including personal skills.

We can offer you

• Exciting and meaningful tasks in an organization with an important societal mission, contributing to knowledge development, education, and enlightenment that promote sustainable, fair, and knowledge-based societal development
• Committed colleagues in a good working environment
• Good welfare schemes.
• Opportunity of up to 1.5 hours a week of exercise during working hours.  
• A workplace with good development and career opportunities
• Postdoctoral development programmes.
• Membership in the Statens Pensjonskasse, which is one of Norway's best pension schemes with beneficial mortgages and good insurance schemes
• Salary in position as Postdoctoral Fellow, position code 1352 in salary range NOK 595 000 - 690 000, depending on competence and experience. From the salary, 2 percent is deducted in statutory contributions to the State Pension Fund

We need different perspectives in our work

UiO is an open and internationally oriented comprehensive university that strives to be an inclusive and diverse workplace and academic environment. You can read more about UiO’s work on equality, inclusion, and diversity at uio.no.

We fulfill our mission most effectively when we draw upon our variety of experiences, backgrounds, and perspectives. We are looking for great colleagues, could you be the next one?

We will do our best to accommodate your needs. Relevant adjustments may include modifications to working hours, task adaptations, digital, technical, or physical adjustments, or other practical measures.

If you have an immigrant background, a disability, or CV gaps (Norwegian), we encourage you to indicate this in the job application portal. We always invite at least one qualified candidate from each group for an interview. In this context, disability is defined as an applicant who identifies as having a disability that requires workplace or employment-related accommodations. For more details about the requirements, please refer to the Employer portal (Norwegian).

The selections made in the job application portal are used for anonymized statistics that all state employers include in their annual reports. More information about gender equality initiatives at UiO can be found here. 

We hope you will apply for the position with us.

How to apply

The application must include:

• Cover letter (statement of motivation, summarizing scientific work and research interest)
• CV (summarizing education, positions, pedagogical experience, administrative experience and other qualifying activity)
• Copies of educational certificates, academic transcript of records
• Letters of recommendation
• A complete list of publications and up to 5 academic works that the applicant wishes to be considered by the evaluation committee
• Names and contact details of 2-3 references (name, relation to candidate, e-mail and telephone number)

Application with attachments must be submitted via our recruitment system Jobbnorge, click "Apply for this job".

When applying for the position, we ask you to retrieve your education results from Vitnemålsportalen.no. If your education results are not available through Vitnemålsportalen, we ask you to upload copies of your transcripts or grades. Please note that all documentation must be in English or a Scandinavian language.

General information

The best qualified candidates will invited for interviews.

Please see the guidelines and regulations for appointments to Postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Oslo.

If an applicant has applied for and been granted funding for a fulltime research stay abroad while being employed as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, the employment will be prolonged with the equivalent time as the research stay, but for no longer than of twelve months ( thus extending the employment to a maximum of four years)

Applicant lists can be published in accordance with Norwegian Freedom of Information Act § 25. When you apply for a position with us, your name will appear on the public applicant list. It is possible to request to be excluded from this list. You must justify why you want an exemption from publication and we will then decide whether we can grant your request. If we can't, you will hear from us.

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